The Western New York Flash have let the Seattle Reign off the hook twice already, so they don't want history to repeat itself again on Wednesday night when the league-leading Reign (11-0-3) bring their unbeaten record to Rochester for a second time in 10 days.

"We're going in confident because we've been so close with them," Flash veteran midfielder McCall Zerboni said, referring to a 2-2 tie in Seattle on May 25 and 2-1 loss at home on June 22. "We've taken some time to analyze what we've done in the last few minutes of games against them and know we need to take care of things for 90-plus minutes now."

The Reign turned a loss into a draw on Kim Little's stoppage-time goal in May 25. Ten days ago, the fourth-place Flash (6-7-2) played well for most of the match, shutting off chances to forward Sydney Leroux and playmaking midfielder and top scorer Little. But a WNY own-goal in the 83rd minute tied it, stunning the Flash, and Leroux won it in the 88th after Little's clever chip into the box.

The Flash rebounded on Friday, riding a pair of second-half goals by National Women's Soccer League Player the Week Carli Lloyd to a 2-1 win over Boston.

"The last two times we played them, the effort and the way played, every player performed, we just didn't finish the job," said Flash coach Aaran Lines, whose squad will be without star forward Abby Wambach (knee injury) for a seventh straight match. "We're excited about the challenge."

Every one of the Flash's seven losses are by one goal, so when you talk about close to winning, it's not just shortcomings against Seattle. WNY has been shaky protecting the goal late in halves several times.

Little's 11 goals lead the league, but midfielders Keelin Winters (3 goals/3 assists), Jessica Fishlock (3/2) and Leroux (3/2) also have come up big. Coming off a foot injury, midfielder Megan Rapinoe has been played in only one match but could return Wednesday. She was available as a substitute in Saturday's 0-0 tie with Sky Blue FC but didn't play. Hope Solo's status is unclear.

The goalkeeper was arrested June 21 for allegedly assaulting her sister and nephew, but has pleaded not guilty and is due back in court in August. The United States national team star was Haley Kopmeyer's backup on Saturday. It's not known if she traveled to Rochester. Kopmeyer has gone 2-0-1 in Solo's absence the past two weeks.

Like the Reign, the Flash are trying to focus on who they have, not who they don't.

"You can't replace an Abby Wambach, a big player like that, but Jasmyne (Spencer) has come in and made some strides and Adriana (Martin) has been in better form and is contributing," Lines said. "Hopefully we can play well for 90 minutes or whatever the referee puts up there (Wednesday) and if we do that we'll have a chance."